Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro put in a stronger than expected showing, with Lula calling the result ‘unexpected’

Staff are told Sunderland University is planning huge and permanent budget cuts by next year.

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A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.

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Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde

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Granit Xhaka has been withdrawn from Switzerland’s squad after he admitted receiving a fake Covid vaccination certificate in 2022

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Charity’s head coach ‘shocked’ after Sunderland council leader says it will not support ‘politically charged’ groups

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that a Facebook group representing the North East chapter of Danny Tommo’s balaclava boys was set up by a...

Our new film shows how Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians was a calculated and intentional act, through the testimonies of those responsible.

The media regulator has said that rather than an aged-based blanket social media ban, there should be a ban on online services that are unsafe for children.

Quakers in Britain has welcomed a raft of measures announced by the UK government today as it seeks to reset British policy towards Israel.

In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements * UK politics live – latest updates Israeli “terrorists” are conducting ethnic cleansing in the West Bank with the tacit backing of the government, the UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has said as he announced sweeping sanctions, alongside France and Canada, on trade with Israeli settlements. In the strongest condemnation ever issued by the UK government, Miliband said the government would now take the official position that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank was unlawful in its entirety, saying such acknowledgment was “the least the people who face such suffering deserve. And it should be the prelude to justice.” An import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories. A comprehensive sanctions regime against providing services such as construction or financing for Israeli settlements. A ban on the advertising in the UK of illegal settlement properties. Personal sanctions against key individuals accused of promoting settler violence. A new ban for arms licences and other exports that “materially contribute to the occupation”. Continue reading...

Braverman believes parents will tip her off if heads don't follow her anthem and hymns rules

Queues form at Europe's busiest ferry terminal as Insulate Britain shift their protest from the M25.